Pam Baker, Contributor, Pam Baker is a veteran freelance writer with many published credits in leading business and tech publications. She is the author of several books and ebooks, the latest of which ...

... the difference between delivering the order and missing. And that’s the issue Amazon seems to be tackling with its latest patent.
Ultrasonic wristbands may seem like overkill, and even overly intrusive ...

According to Chain Storage Age, Amazon is testing FBA onsite, which is a pilot program that offers sellers access to a shipping and warehouse program. Currently, the program is by invite only.
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The first consumer available Amazon Go store opened and every grocery cashier is looking at their paycheck. Well that’s probably an overstatement and in fact Amazon has been testing its Go concept on its ...

The 2017 holiday season saw a significant increase in shopping, with nearly 80% of U.S. holiday shoppers buying gifts from Amazon, more than any other top retailer. Feeling the pressure to stay ahead of ...

... the standard rather than an extra cost option. Certainly Amazon’s Prime membership has ingrained the 2-day delivery mantra into shoppers’ psyches even if they don’t recognize the yearly membership fee ...

Amazon and customer expectations are driving significant changes in the supply chain, reports JOC.com. Specifically automation, the more automation that can be used the faster the supply chain will be. ...

... Many multinational corporations are struggling to compete in developing countries.
Look at Amazon’s struggle in China. Market research firm Euromonitor estimated that Amazon had a 1.3% share of ...

... may be Walmart who mixes and matches blimps, drones, mechanized warehousing, and wireless communication to bring near-instant delivery to the masses and do better than Amazon’s Prime 2 day delivery service. ...

... warehouse centers, and more.
With companies like Amazon, Google and UPS already set-up for drone delivery and NASA currently plotting out acceptable flight paths for them, you will see even more calls ...

... was. Now the retailer is making another mandate to its suppliers. But this time it’s not about what but where.
Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) has been the go-to supplier of cloud based software deployments ...

The consumer world seems overwhelmingly digital. From smartphones and smartwatches to IoT devices like thermostats and Amazon Alexa we’re constantly and instantly connected. But what about the supply ...

If you want to know what's going on with supply chains you could do worse than to take a look at 2 of the heavyweights with whom we're all familiar: Amazon and WalMart.Dan Gilmore from Supply Chain Dige ...

Bob Ferrarri predicted a couple years ago that Amazon was getting into the transportation and logistics arena and would soon be competing with 3PLs. As is usually the case, he was right.In a followup article ...

As we've witnessed Amazon's various moves through the last year, the one sure bet we thought we could make was that they'd be moving heavily into logistics.Well, we would've won that one as they've beg ...

By this point, IoT is pretty far along and you've likely heard of 'blockchain'. We've not yet seen a connection between the 2 technologies, but Alvaro Fernandez on the 21st Century Supply Chain does.It's ...